Getting to Trust: #TalkEarly About Listening, Not Fixing
Tips on how to find moments when we can listen to rather than fix our kids' problems.
Popular Baby Names 2012: Blue and Django Made the List. Insert Deep Sigh Here.
Well yeah—that didn’t take long, did it? Turns out that as original as Beyonce and Jay-Z thought they were being when they named their daughter...
{On the Parenting Post} Young, Gifted & Black
This week, as part of a blog-a-thon hosted by Parenting.com’s Mom Congress, I wrote an open letter to my daughters about what their father and...
That Psychology Today Blog May Say Black Girls Are Ugly, But My Baby Knows Better
After all that yang poppin’ last week over the foolish “study” that claimed black women are the ugliest of all human beings on the planet,...
About That Night Donny Hathaway and Toure Came Into My Delivery Room…
No, really I thought it was sensible enough: the overnight bag I packed for the hospital the day I delivered my Mari had all the...
And Now, the Part Where My Daughter Starts Hating Her Bootylicious Butt
So there's this study out by Glamour magazine that says women, on average, have at least 13 negative thoughts about their bodies during the course of...
{Wordful Wednesday} We’ve Been Snowbound For Three Days :: Send. Help. Now.
We’re snowbound. Again. Being held hostage by all the ice and a bunch of people who can’t drive on said ice and a city that...
Jaden Smith Can Date My Tween But Even Then, He’d Get Some Of This
You remember the drama behind my discovering my daughter’s tween friends like and are actively trying to date boys, right? Uh huh. Well, seeing as...
It's Like Tyson Vs. Holyfield Except They're Shorter. And More Brutal.
My daughters, Mari and Lila, love each other. I think. At least this is what I tell myself most days when the two of them...
We’re Nice With the Verbs: Mari and Her Mommy Get Published!
Aw yeah! Mari and I are over here wopping it out over our big day yesterday. My baby, whom I told you in this...
